Evening all. I got myself a little set this Saturnalia, the Samurai Mech from the Ninjago theme. It's quite ok for a purchased set and I've thrown together some stats for it as is even though there's lots of room for improvment. Mostly this is a small exercise in checking if the rest of you are statting things differently from me. So, presenting:

The size of 4 allows for 8" of weapons fired each turn, and since there's only one pilot it's going to be either melee or ranged each turn, so it'd be better with more and/or bigger guns, and maybe buying the lefthand claw as a weapon too. And more explosives for the launcher. So, my question: would you have statted it differently as it was from the box? Have I forgotten anything? What would your plans for upgrades be? Also: if you have nothing to do, stat up a boxed set and post it here. It's fun to read how different vehicles are statted.

Saw it on display in the Lego brand store two days ago and it certainly looks awesome and intimidating. It's rather huge, too! I was tempted to buy it but i need my Lego monees for something else. This year's Ninjago sets would be perfect for starting anAkkadian army due to their color scheme.

Yes I would. It looks good in the brick, is posable, has a very nice assortment of parts and if you are into red, even in good colors. The mech can be added to a brikwars battlefield more or less out of the box if you don't have a mech of your own. On the downside the head looks a little funny but has a likeness to a samurai helmet. I'd recommend this set.

You should definitely stat that claw as a weapon. When in doubt, always count something as a weapon. What's that golden bit on the chest? Is it removable? Can it be thrown like a giant fucking lethal discus?

Make the lasergun size 3, add in some wrist rockets or something for some bonus ranged attacks, and (in the usual brikwars tradition) add a big, fuck-off gun to the crotch. Keeping the sword at size 4 is probably going to be more effective (but 6 would make it a totally sweet carving knife for vehicles).